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Musk Says Twitter Deal at Lower Price 'Not Out of the Question'

Published 05/16/2022, 03:18 PM
Updated 05/16/2022, 03:30 PM
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By Yasin Ebrahim 

Investing.com -- Elon Musk said Monday that a cut-price deal for Twitter wouldn't be "out of the question" after the billionaire paused the deal last week, citing concerns over fake accounts on the social media platform.

Musk spoke at a conference hosted by a podcast called “All-In” led by Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg.  

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) was down 7% in recent trading. 

Musk last week said the $44 billion deal to take Twitter private was "temporarily on hold" as he awaits confirmation that spam or fake accounts do represent less than 5% of users. 

The move sparked widespread speculation that Musk was seeking to negotiate a lower price than the $54.20 per share offered for the company last month. If the potential lower price isn't accepted, and Musk ultimately walks away, “then the stock would likely see a sub $30 level with a broken deal in this shaky market backdrop,” Wedbush said.

 

Latest comments

100% fake is correct that is why trump and his uneducated followets all used it all the time. it fit their views, all fake.
When Twitter goes to $18, Musk will say, I will not buy because everything is suspicious
Twitter is 100% fake, the idea was cockamamie, why anyone should follow anyone else unless they have no brains
About 30-40% of the accounts are fake. He will expose this. Who actually uses Twitter? Just government and big schemes trying to influence you. Stock holders about to take a massive haircut when musk reveals the high fake accounts.
maybe musk's people are buying everything thats dumped around 40 dollars. at the end the original price offer stands but a large amount of shareholders dont need to get paid the premium because those additional shares are owned by him or his buyers for.him. too much conspiracy thinking?
Twitter should stay public and not sell to Musk. It will jump to 50-60 in a day!
Isn't this man simply speculating on the downside......Shouldn't he have informed himself before acting?
Showing up on a podcast with the SPAC king isn't the most confident look.
twatter is fake news using bots to make ppl think there are more socialist. fake users=over evaluation.
Deal at a lower price isn't exactly Elon's decision to make.
and possibly a large amount of drop in value?,,,?
What a loser this clown is
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